pomar

Forms

pomar n (plural pomare)^[1] The noun for the fruit store is neuter, plural pomare; the noun for the grape seller is masculine, plural pomari.^[2][3]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian poamă + -ar, from poamă (“fruit; grapes”) with the suffix -ar.^[2][3][4] Both senses, the fruit store and the grape seller, are derivatives of the same noun.^[4][5] Wiktionary allows a derivation from pom as well, or a continuation of Latin pōmārium (“orchard; fruit store”), which in Latin also meant a fruit shed.^[1][6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first records are of 1939: T. Papahagi's Contribuții lexicale, for a place where fruit is kept, and Scriban's dictionary, which has both the western noun for a place where fruit is dried and the eastern noun for a seller of grapes.^[2][5]

Semantic evolution

The two senses follow the two meanings of poamă: in the west, where poamă is fruit in general, pomar is a place where fruit is stored for the winter or dried; in Moldavia, where poamă means grapes, it is a man who sells grapes.^[5][3][4] Both are regional, and the DLR knows the agent noun only from Scriban.^[3][2]

Timeline

• 1939 – pomar “fruit store” in T. Papahagi's Contribuții lexicale.^[2]
• 1939 – Scriban records the place for drying fruit (west) and the grape seller (east).^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. (regional) A place where fruit is stored over the winter, or where it is dried.^[2][3][1]
2. (regional, Moldavia) A seller of grapes.^[2][5][1]

Related words

• poamă
• pom
• pomet

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 459
3. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. pomar
4. ^ a b c Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001), p. s.v. poamă
5. ^ a b c d e Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1013
6. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press